MIDWINTER MARINARA

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The best place to find tomatoes for marinara sauce in January is in the canned vegetable aisle. But the question arises: domestic or the more expensive imported? The test kitchen conducted a blind tasting of marinara sauce using each. The winner? Half the tasters preferred the lighter flavor of the sauce made from domestic tomatoes (about $1 per 28-ounce can); the others thought the imported tomatoes ($1.60 and higher) had a richer, deeper taste.